Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Vincent Gonzales, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as GONZALES, VINCENT

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2122 2124 2129 2148 4100

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Analysis

GONZALES, VINCENT is assigned to tech center 4100 and art unit 2122. The record contains 542 resolved cases, a 78.8% allowance rate, and a median of 1251 days to allowance. The allowance result supplies a useful planning signal, but the pendency period indicates that prosecution may still require patience even when the eventual outcome is favorable.

The interview lift is 11.1%, suggesting a positive but limited association with allowance outcomes. Practitioners can use interviews to test amendment positions and clarify the record, while maintaining written arguments as the principal support for prosecution. The main companies are NEC Corporation, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. The firms listed are BERKELEY LAW & TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LLP, CANTOR COLBURN LLP-GM CRUISE, and CESARI AND MCKENNA, LLP.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

78.8%
Allow Rate
+18.8% vs TC avg
567
Total Applications
+11.1%
Interview Lift
1251
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 542 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

21.1%
§101 Eligibility
13.8%
§102 Novelty
41.6%
§103 Obviousness
14.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18570463 TRAINING DEVICE, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, TRAINING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18605951 NEURAL NETWORK MODEL OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18605901 System and Method for Transformation of Discrete Input for Adversarial Robustness Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
18101279 GENERATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF CONTEXT-SPECIFIC MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18467096 APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TRANSFER LEARNING Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18174694 CO-DESIGN OF A MODEL AND CHIP FOR DEEP LEARNING BACKGROUND Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18011047 PERFORMANCE TESTING FOR ROBOTIC SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Five AI Limited

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Vincent Gonzales's allowance rate?

78.8% of resolved applications examined by Vincent Gonzales were allowed (542 resolved cases), compared with 31.6% across Art Unit 2122 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Vincent Gonzales?

This examiner's interview lift is +11.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Vincent Gonzales take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Vincent Gonzales took 1,251 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Vincent Gonzales work in?

Vincent Gonzales examines applications in Art Unit 2122 in Tech Center 4100.

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